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Porn and sperm donation fail to spur Thai panda

Thursday Aug 16 18:18 AEST

Veterinarians have tried pornography, diets and artificial insemination, but Thailand's famously celibate giant pandas have once again failed to produce a cub, a zoo official said.

Lin Hui, the six-year-old female, received semen from her companion Chuang Chuang in April after the pair showed no interest whatsoever in reproducing the traditional way.

But an ultrasound carried out on Lin Hui at a zoo in the northern city of Chiang Mai on Thursday showed she was still not pregnant.

"We will have to try again next April, since pandas are ready for reproduction once-a-year only," said Prasertsak Buntragulpoontawee, panda project director at Chiang Mai zoo.

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Zoo disappointed by panda’s pseudo pregnancy

Updated: 8:56 a.m. ET Aug. 16, 2007

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - A disappointed Thai zoo plans to put a Chinese-lent male panda on a diet again before deciding whether to replace him, after artificial insemination failed to impregnate his partner, an official said on Thursday.

Despite symptoms of pregnancy after she was artificially inseminated four months ago, an ultrasound examination showed Lin Hui was not pregnant, Sophon Dumnui, head of Thailand’s zoological body, told reporters.

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Porn and sperm donation fail to spur Thai panda

Veterinarians have tried pornography, diets and artificial insemination, but Thailand's famously celibate giant pandas have once again failed to produce a cub, a zoo official said.

Lin Hui, the six-year-old female, received semen from her companion Chuang Chuang in April after the pair showed no interest whatsoever in reproducing the traditional way.

But an ultrasound carried out on Lin Hui at a zoo in the northern city of Chiang Mai on Thursday showed she was still not pregnant.

"We will have to try again next April, since pandas are ready for reproduction once-a-year only," said Prasertsak Buntragulpoontawee, panda project director at Chiang Mai zoo.

Thailand's popular panda pair arrived on a 10-year loan from China in 2003, and were put on an intensive mating course last year.

Seven-year-old Chuang Chuang, who had been deemed too heavy to mate with Lin Hui, lost seven kilograms on a low-carbohydrate diet, and was then shown 15-minute video clips of successful panda couplings.

But the sexy videos did little to inspire the pair, prompting veterinarians to try sperm donation.

Prasertsak said artificial insemination may have failed because Lin Hui was not physically ready, or the male sperm was unhealthy.

It means rotund Chuang Chuang may again have to slim down. Prasertsak said the ideal panda weight was about 120 kilograms - 17 kilograms less than Chuang Chuang weighs now.

Giant pandas, notorious for their low sex drive, are among the world's most endangered animals. Nearly 1,600 pandas are believed to survive in the wild in China and about 180 are being raised in captivity in zoos worldwide.

[MrSnrang]

Why do they go through so much trouble for an animal like this? They should have died out by now. They eat a diet with almost no nutritional value and have to eat year round so they can't hibernate even when they have the the to eat meat, they ovulate only like 3 days a year, they never want to mate, and when they do mate they often end up killing their young through poor motherhood.

[dogit]

I guess it may have been the wrong type of Panda porn everyone has their own tastes, perhaps it just didnt light their candles